In July alone, the number of tourists dropped by an annual 2.05% to some 2.6 million and overnights decreased by 4.3% to 16.8 million, the bureau said.
Details follow:
Jan-July'09 | Jan-July'08 | |
Total tourist number | 5,958,526 | 6,264,473 |
- Croatian tourists | 959,037 | 1,088,375 |
- Foreign tourists | 4,999,489 | 5,176,098 |
Total overnights | 29,497,335 | 30,889,156 |
- Croatian tourists | 3,320,598 | 3,750,905 |
- Foreign tourists | 26,176,737 | 27,138, 251 |
Tourism is a key industry for Croatia, contributing around a fifth of the country's gross domestic product. The Adriatic country reported a rise in tourist numbers by 1.0% to 11.3 million last year. Overnights were up by 2.0% to 57 million.